WEBVTT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME.>> I GOT THE THERE SECONDS AFTERIT HAPPENED.I JUST SAW FIRE AND SMOKE.STEFFANI: T.J. HODGE WAS HEADINGWEST ON I-80 AROUND 10:45 THISMORNING, WHEN HE SAW THIS CEMENTTRUCK ON FIRE.>> INSTINCT KIND OF KICKED IN.I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OFTHE ROAD.THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WASTRYING TO GET OUT OF THE BACK OFTHE CAP AND HE WAS STUCK.ALL 3 OF US KIND OF WORKEDTOGETHER AND GOT HIM OUT.STEFFANI: JUST A MINUTE LATER,HODGE SAYS THE CAB WAS FULLYENGULFED.>> WE CARRIED HIM UP TONORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AND BY THATTIME, THERE WAS QUITE A FEWPEOPLE CARRYING HIM UP.I GOT UP TO THE TOP.HE LOOKED COLD.I TOOK MY SWEATSHIRT OFF, LAIDIT OVER HIM AND I LEFT.STEFFANI: STATE PATROL SAYS THETRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTH ONI-235 WHEN HE WAS CUT OFF BYANOTHER VEHICLE.IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEEIN THIS VIDEO THE TRUCK DRIVERLOSES CONTROL AND ROLLS OVER THEBRIDGE RAIL.>> IT ACTUALLY WENT AND HIT THEMEDIAN SIDE FIRST BEFORE COMINGBACK ACROSS ALL LANES AND THENGOING OVER ON THE SHOULDER SIDE.INTERSTATE 80 WEST, WHICH ISSIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE'RE JUSTLUCKY NO ONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED.STEFFANI: IT WAS SLOW MOVINGEAST MIXMASTER FOR A COUPLEHOURS WHILE CREWS CLEARED THEACCIDENT.SGT. LAMPE SAYS IT'S RARE TO SEEAN ACCIDENT AS BAD AS THIS TURNOUT OK BECAUSE OF QUICK THINKINGBYSTANDERS.SGT. LAMPE: IT WOULD HAVE BEENPROBABLY CATASTROPHIC PROBABLYIF HE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THEVEHICLE.STEFFANI: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARECALLING YOU A HERO TONIGHT, HOWDO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?>> HUMBLE.I'M JUST GLAD I COULD HELP OUT.JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF THE

Some good Samaritans on Friday rescued a cement-truck driver from a fiery accident near the East Mixmaster.

TJ Hodge was heading west around 10:45 a.m. on Interstate 80 and said he was at the right place at the right time when the crash happened. A humble man, Hodge at first declined an interview with KCCI, saying he didn’t want the attention.

“I got there literally seconds after it happened,” he said. “I just saw the fire and smoke. Instinct kind of kicked in. I pulled over to the shoulder of the road. The driver of the truck was trying to get out of the back of the truck, all three of us kind of worked together and got him out.”

A minute later, Hodge said the cab was fully engulfed in flames.

“We picked him up and carried him clear up to the northbound traffic, and by that time, there was quite a few people carrying him up,” Hodge said. “I got up to the top. He looked cold. I took my sweatshirt off, laid it over him, and I left.”

Iowa State Patrol troopers said the truck was northbound on Interstate 235 when he was cut off by another vehicle.

In video captured by the Iowa Department of Transportation, the truck driver lost control and rolled over the bridge rail.

“It actually went and hit the median side first before coming back across all lanes and then going over on the shoulder side,” Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Ben Lampe said. “Over the top and down below on I-80 West, which is significant because we’re just lucky no one else was involved.”

Traffic moved slowly for a couple of hours while crews worked to clear the accident. Lampe said it’s rare to see an accident of this magnitude turn out OK because of quick-thinking passersby.

“It would have been probably catastrophic if he would have stayed in the vehicle,” Lampe said.

When asked if he thought of himself as a hero, Hodge responded: “I’m just glad I could help out. Just a little piece of the puzzle. The good Lord was on his side.”

Officials haven’t released the name or condition of the cement truck driver. He was taken to a nearby hospital. Hodge told KCCI the driver seemed banged up but seemed coherent.